RACING ON NEW YEARS DAY
So if you follow our channel you will already know that we have recently bought an old National 12 dinghy to play with. We spent Christmas re-roping it and sorting out the controls and so on New Years Day we got to race it for the first time… this is the story of that race.
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Sailing with the Foxwell Family
Hi and welcome to Sailing with the Foxwell family.... formally known as fun N stuff with the Foxwells We are a family of three with Ian playing the role of Dad. Hannah being Mum and Elizabeth being, well, just Izzy. Plus special guest appearances by our toy poodle Winnie (thats Winnie the Poo....dle) We live, work and sail on the east coast of England and this channel is a collection of films showing our sailing life as it happens. We hope you enjoy it, and if you do, please tell your friends.
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